Yarn Lady is much more than a yarn shop…we have special events all through the year to enhance your knitting and crocheting experience!


Thank you for taking time to read Part II of the May 2006 Yarn Lady newsletter!
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Saturday, June 3rd from 8 am to 3 pm, come rain or shine, we will be trucking in tons of new yarn for our Semi-Annual Bag Sale. Yarns from Anny Blatt, Tahki/Stacy Charles, Berroco and Trendsetter as well as other special purchases will fill our bins for your delight and amazement. We have spent the last several months buying yarns and preparing bags of mixed colorways in addition to the usual ten balls of the same yarn to a bag. Hand picked yarns of different colors, textures, manufacturers, etc. are blended together for you to make inspiring projects or to use along with your left over stashes. Don't miss out! Once the day is over, the yarn goes away until the next bag sale in December!

Cherie and Niqua are going to market in Indianapolis right after the Bag Sale to look at and purchase goodies for Fall. We really appreciate any comments, requests, or ideas that you may have regarding items that you would like to see Yarn Lady carry. Email us or let Nancy know when you visit us in the store.

This month, we held our first Lantern Moon Trunk Show. We were blessed to have two representatives join us and give us a sneak preview of the rosewood and ebony circular needles as well as great bags that many wanted to use for going on a cruise, or a visit to the beach or that special event like a graduation or wedding.

Speaking of special events, have you seen our unique line of jewelry? We have sterling silver bracelets from Skacel, knitting charms from Country Trunk, beaded necklaces handmade by Janet (which could also be used as purse handles for your beautiful felted bags) and unique necklaces with a German influence handmade by Beate. 

All these can be viewed in our glass cases by the registers. One of our employees will be happy to assist you with these great one-of-a-kind treasures. These would make great gifts for that special knitter in your life!

With the rising gas prices, we all know how important it is to maximize each trip carefully. So, grab a friend and make a trip to Yarn Lady to stock up on yarn and other goodies at our Bag Sale. You can also shop online and remember that shipping is FREE on orders over $50 (Continental United States).

Comments From Gaby:  YIKES!! It's almost Bag Sale time again!!


A bunch of us have been down to our storage units going over all of our yarns and opening box after box of new yarns. It's like Christmas and we can't wait to see what's in the next box! Niqua and Cherie have gone plum crazy ordering yarns. As you know from the past, we bag these yarns up (often 10 balls per bag) and then you get to buy the whole bag but for HALF the marked price! With gas prices being what they are right now, I know you'll appreciate the savings!

We will have bags and bags of wonderful yarns in our famous "Playpen" as well as on racks. Normally we only have discontinued yarns but this time there are even some current yarns. Now this is such a big event, we had to get a city permit to have it and luckily we wrote it into our lease so we were sure to have permission. Remember that there is plenty of parking behind the furniture store as well (click here for directions).

I've left the biggest news for last: Besides our regular bags, we have been very busy putting together color packs for you. 

We know that all of your projects don't call for all of the same color yarn and that often times you may need a little help with putting colors together. Well, do we have the color packs for YOU!! I went down and created a number of bins and emptied bag after bag into them according to their color. Wendy and Beate are great with colors and they are working many hours right now, pulling these colors and making special color packs. I know you will love them!!

I've seen lots of things at the stores showing stripes and textures and multi colors. You can let your imagination go wild and start thinking in terms of belts, purses, tank tops, afghans, pillows, funky sleeves, shawls and who knows what else!

These bags will have 10 balls of 50g each (there might be a few that would have a ball that is 25g). (?oymar?e?0@ho?mail.com) We did not pay any attention to yardage and one bag may or may not complete a whole project. That would depend on what you're making. In some cases you might want to look at our thin mohair and run that along the whole project and then just alternate with the colors from the pack. Or you might want to go through your stash and use that to add to this. Some bags contain thinner yarns as well as thicker yarns. If you are using them consecutively, you might want to consider doing a drop stitch when you come to the thicker yarns, just to even things out. (A drop stitch is where you do a yarn over between each stitch on one row and then drop the yarn over on the next row.) If you don't know it, ask. We'll show you!

If you have seen Prism STUFF you know that they add a bit of Eyelash with some of their thinner yarns for drama and texture and to even out the gauge. There is a great side-to-side little sweater in one of the new magazines that would be just perfect for using different textures.

Oh, you just have to see these packs and your imagination will go soaring!!

Since Cherie and Niqua are taking over the running of the store more and more, I thought I should share with my daughter (Niqua) again what is important to me and what I feel has made our store different from many others. As I was pouring out my heart to her, she said: "Mom, you need to put that in the newsletter!"

I told her how in the old store I used to stand at the top of the stairs (when the store was closed) and pray for all who would enter and for our employees and for our business in general. I prayed for protection and wisdom. Mia, our long-term, faithful manager would come in and pray again. We have always felt that our store was a place to come to fellowship with other fiber enthusiasts and to feel comfortable and be a part of an extended "family". As one of our ladies once put it: "You can drop in for a cup of tea with your friends and you don't even have to call first".

I have many happy memories of sitting in the rain in front of the store with a friend and looking for rainbows and of many hugs and tears and much laughter. Many things have happened to our customers as well as staff; both good and difficult and I'm so happy that we are there for one another for support and prayer.

I asked Niqua to never forget this most important and rewarding part of our business.

3)Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4)who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4